It has a SIM card slot with a monthly rate of a data and voice plan. It's suppose to work WITHOUT a Samsung phone.
I rate this watch a 2/5.
2 points because it works great with a touchjizz phone but fails horribly as a standalone watch... can't even stream music without the phone? oh man...
It streams music alone fine. Set your music player to Gear, not to control your phones music, then it streams MILK music direct.
I give this post a 1/5.
1 because I giggled.
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It has a SIM card slot with a monthly rate of a data and voice plan. It's suppose to work WITHOUT a Samsung phone.
I rate this watch a 2/5.
2 points because it works great with a touchjizz phone but fails horribly as a standalone watch... can't even stream music without the phone? oh man...
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AT&T &T-mobile have sim cards
Verizon & Sprint do not
milk music works fine (watch only ie gear only mode standalone). YMMV with other music services
If Samsung wanted the gear S to work for any and everybody Samsung would have never slapped its name on it. It would be called something like STANDALONE FOR ALL (or someshyt)
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Dmac1984 said:
It streams music alone fine. Set your music player to Gear, not to control your phones music, then it streams MILK music direct.
I give this post a 1/5.
1 because I giggled.
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LOL 2* because just for the hell of it
I have the sprint version and it works just fine without bluetooth. I have it connected to my 40 gig plan. I turned off wifi and bluetooth. Only thing that doesn't work is Milk and CNN. I assume its updates on their end they need to do. Calls work and text work as well. No need to have phone although I would never go anywhere without my phone. Oh! and Sprint waives fees till Dec 2015. I don't care which carrier you go with as I'm not getting paid by the carriers. BUT it does work with ALL USA carriers CDMA and GSM. Just no LTE to stream netflix :laugh::laugh::angel:
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I have the sprint version and it works just fine without bluetooth. I have it connected to my 40 gig plan. I turned off wifi and bluetooth. Only thing that doesn't work is Milk and CNN. I assume its updates on their end they need to do. Calls work and text work as well. No need to have phone although I would never go anywhere without my phone. Oh! and Sprint waives fees till Dec 2015. I don't care which carrier you go with as I'm not getting paid by the carriers. BUT it does work with ALL USA carriers CDMA and GSM. Just no LTE to stream netflix :laugh::laugh::angel:
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Someone wanting to watch netflix on this little bitty thing is:sillyr any other movies (hulu whatever else) data hog anyways :good:
Uniquebarbee said:
Someone wanting to watch netflix on this little bitty thing is:sillyr any other movies (hulu whatever else) data hog anyways :good:
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You keep saying data hogs as if most people leave their phone at home or don't have wifi. You're right I can care less about netflix as it was a joke. But you're hardly ever going to use your data on your watch. I either have wifi or using my data plan through my phone service since its always connected. Only time you would use data is if you don't have your phone connected or not on wifi. Maybe I missing the point of why you keep saying data hog. I am using sprint.. MAybe it doesn't work this way on every other carrier?
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It streams music alone fine. Set your music player to Gear, not to control your phones music, then it streams MILK music direct.
I give this post a 1/5.
1 because I giggled.
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How do you set the music player to gear s
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You keep saying data hogs as if most people leave their phone at home or don't have wifi. You're right I can care less about netflix as it was a joke. But you're hardly ever going to use your data on your watch. I either have wifi or using my data plan through my phone service since its always connected. Only time you would use data is if you don't have your phone connected or not on wifi. Maybe I missing the point of why you keep saying data hog. I am using sprint.. MAybe it doesn't work this way on every other carrier?
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The people that want to watch netflix w/o phone have a plan with so many MB per month on the watch itself. If your on a shared plan that is fine but if you have for example 100Mb a month 500MB a month. you use watch by it self w/o wifi w/o bluetooth the MB will be used quickly through checking email GPS if you use it going online streaming music checking facebook twitterect. Pair to bluetooth all the times or wifi is good. That is what I mean by data hog. If you use the Gear S phone number to access intenet related things and you do not have unlimited or very little MB to use per month. Some companies charge overages some companies suspend you Gear S plan.
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How do you set the music player to gear s
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The 3 little dots at the top right of the music player.
Says select player, then click Gear to play music stored on the gear, then open up milk radio and you're off
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It streams music alone fine. Set your music player to Gear, not to control your phones music, then it streams MILK music direct.
I give this post a 1/5.
1 because I giggled.
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Just saying. ......
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Just saying. ......
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*Grabs popcorn and waits on this here in this swing |__|because I'm known his Samsung phone is siting somewhere deactivated and hes also using a non-samsung phone for his daily driver. I'll wait
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Just saying. ......
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Oh wow, that's nice. One of the reasons I returned my Gear S was because I couldn't stream music without the phone. I dreamed of taking it to the gym and leaving my phone at home. I must say I really miss it, I'll probably end up picking up a cheap one off Swappa in a couple of months.
http://youtu.be/hkoq7UBU7GM
... just saying.
Don't condemn something because you're not smart enough to figure it out, posts like these give people wrong information and they make uninformed decisions.
Let me get another one of those Willy Wonka memes chief.
Dmac1984 said:
The 3 little dots at the top right of the music player.
Says select player, then click Gear to play music stored on the gear, then open up milk radio and you're off
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I tried what you said and it still played through my phone. But when I turn on wifi and turn off Bluetooth it did stream from the gear S. I think b/c I don't have the sim active and only using the Bluetooth it will play through the phone.
This Gingy Character is a Troll
This Gingy individual is trolling this forum you guys and ladies.
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spinedoc said:
Oh wow, that's nice. One of the reasons I returned my Gear S was because I couldn't stream music without the phone. I dreamed of taking it to the gym and leaving my phone at home. I must say I really miss it, I'll probably end up picking up a cheap one off Swappa in a couple of months.
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Hopefully by then some of the kinks will be worked out.
Yea came to the troll conclusion after seeing a few of his other posts, seems like a productive use of time, must be a winner. I'm sure we'll see more of his idiotic mindless posts tomorrow after he wakes up from a spray cheese and dorito food coma, nestled into his piss stained power ranger sheets on his twin mattress that lays on his parents basement floor. Where he lives.
i know you guys are upset because i don't agree 100% with you guys about the watch but i can assure you i didn't go out and spend $350 so i can troll a forum
gingy13 said:
i know you guys are upset because i don't agree 100% with you guys about the watch but i can assure you i didn't go out and spend $350 so i can troll a forum
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welcome aboard. His problem he does not have a samsung phone he will have to go borrow from someone to get things up and running and anytime he wants to download an app and other things he will need to keep borrowing that samsung phone.
gingy13
I have the Samsung phone here but to pair it with that phone it makes me restore the watch. ]Its a deactivated phone that I can keep, I just use the WiFi on it and it works
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We just want you to have a working ( Service on) Samsung phone then we will be more than happy to help you but you having a non-Samsung phone with service on it can not expect everything to work properly.
I'm in the process of getting a Samsung Galaxy Mega unlocked so hopefully that will help my situation
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I'm about to downgrade but I still want to use it as a mobile device around the house but want it to be a little faster.I'm rooted and running okay but want better doped maybe deleteing some of the stuff I wont use because it wont have service.
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im not going to lie dude you should just sell it while you can still get good money for it i sold mine for 145 which is about what i paid for it after tax and everything so i was pretty happy with that
+1 sell it =)
Agreed, just sell it.
I'd keep it. use as an MP3 player, wifi internet device, video game, PDA, flash drive, .......
Unless you have a similar, all rolled into one device already, The Eris, sans phone & g3, is still a very useful device.
I'm going to be giving mine to my four year old who really likes listening to her MP3s and watching videos on YouTube that involve singing kitties... LOL. February 10th can't come fast enough...
Install google voice and use it as a house phone\multi media device.
elitenls said:
I'm going to be giving mine to my four year old who really likes listening to her MP3s and watching videos on YouTube that involve singing kitties... LOL. February 10th can't come fast enough...
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Yeah thats a good idea too.
Psshh and who doesnt like Kitties!!
C Brown said:
Install google voice and use it as a house phone\multi media device.
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It still needs voice service with Google Voice, right? GV isn't VOIP, it just manages calls to all of your phone numbers. And if you activate on VZW, it'll require a data plan as well.
xscruffy420x said:
I'm about to downgrade but I still want to use it as a mobile device around the house but want it to be a little faster.I'm rooted and running okay but want better doped maybe deleteing some of the stuff I wont use because it wont have service.
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Keep it has a ton of developement still happening on it. it's an awesome back up phone, and, you can still use it around the house for almost anything including a phone via skype (etc) ... it's a great phone!
doogald said:
It still needs voice service with Google Voice, right? GV isn't VOIP, it just manages calls to all of your phone numbers. And if you activate on VZW, it'll require a data plan as well.
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You can download and use the new sipdroid (option for new PBX linked to my google voice) and google voice for true voip with google voice. all incoming gv calls ring to sipdroid, all outgoing gv go through sipdroid when attached to wifi. no need to activate with vzw.
^ That, also Skype and your wifi at home.
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^ That, also Skype and your wifi at home.
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Skype used to be 3G only, no WIFI. Has that changed?
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Skype used to be 3G only, no WIFI. Has that changed?
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I believe officially that's true. I seem to recall seeing hacked versions, however, for using it over WIFI.
Android traitors, rushing for a 3G iPhone. I'd rather keep my rooted FroyoEris.
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coming from the iphones from 2G-4 I'm missing things that Android doesn't have that I liked
Pandora sucks ( can’t scroll through the songs you played all day )
Youtube sucks (can’t pause and restart video)
AP news crashes ( all the time) keep sending reports
Ebay crashes -( I hate this apps looks ) keep sending reports
Web browser sucks ( Doesn’t import your computer browser bookmarks )
Battery sucks dies down to 50% within 2-1/2 hrs. or less
Car plug can’t charge phone fast enough (And I’m only browsing apps and websites ) could you imagine running maps rout.
Home plug takes to long to charge phone ( apple has a quicker charge)
Can’t print without Samsung printer ( I don’t really care )
I'm sure there are more but today it really got to me.
justabrake said:
coming from the iphones from 2G-4 I'm missing things that Android doesn't have that I liked
Pandora sucks ( can’t scroll through the songs you played all day )
Youtube sucks (can’t pause and restart video)
AP news crashes ( all the time) keep sending reports
Ebay crashes -( I hate this apps looks ) keep sending reports
Web browser sucks ( Doesn’t import your computer browser bookmarks )
Battery sucks dies down to 50% within 2-1/2 hrs. or less
Car plug can’t charge phone fast enough (And I’m only browsing apps and websites ) could you imagine running maps rout.
Home plug takes to long to charge phone ( apple has a quicker charge)
Can’t print without Samsung printer ( I don’t really care )
I'm sure there are more but today it really got to me.
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Are you rooted? if so what rom?
justabrake said:
coming from the iphones from 2G-4 I'm missing things that Android doesn't have that I liked
Pandora sucks ( can’t scroll through the songs you played all day )
Youtube sucks (can’t pause and restart video)
AP news crashes ( all the time) keep sending reports
Ebay crashes -( I hate this apps looks ) keep sending reports
Web browser sucks ( Doesn’t import your computer browser bookmarks )
Battery sucks dies down to 50% within 2-1/2 hrs. or less
Car plug can’t charge phone fast enough (And I’m only browsing apps and websites ) could you imagine running maps rout.
Home plug takes to long to charge phone ( apple has a quicker charge)
Can’t print without Samsung printer ( I don’t really care )
I'm sure there are more but today it really got to me.
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1. What I lime best is using Google music since you can get any/all the music from your desktop put it in the cloud and stream all your own music without cluttering up your phone. J uploaded about 40Gbs of my music.
2. Not sure about YouTube as I know in the past I was able to pause and restart where I left off. But usually when I am playing something I watch it through to the end.
3. I know EBay had issues a LONG TIME AGO when I was in the Captivate so I just haven't used it or tried it.
4. I use Dolphin HD web browser as it has more settings I can muck around with, desktop mode works better for me, I can kind of theme it to my current theme. I never liked the stock browser.
5. Battery last me a minimum of 12 hours with heavy usage with usually 4 hours or so screen ON TIME. Usually surfing the web and xda. If you are getting ONLY 2 HOURS OR SO of screen time them something you have running in the back ground is eating up hour battery. Get os monitor from the market to see what is killing your battery life since that is NOT NORMAL.
6. I ahbent even had the need to use my car charger since my captivate, this battery for me goes a LONG WAY.
7. I ha enter tried printing at all, hopefully one day we will have a GOOD APP that will allow good wireless printing to any printer. But as your said I don't care too much about it though.
I know this may not help you but MOST ALL pro lens/ issues have been found in the past so if you find a specific issues/problem try Google searching it and I bet you can find a fix/different app that's better/ etc. Good luck
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justabrake said:
coming from the iphones from 2G-4 I'm missing things that Android doesn't have that I liked
Pandora sucks ( can’t scroll through the songs you played all day )
Youtube sucks (can’t pause and restart video)
AP news crashes ( all the time) keep sending reports
Ebay crashes -( I hate this apps looks ) keep sending reports
Web browser sucks ( Doesn’t import your computer browser bookmarks )
Battery sucks dies down to 50% within 2-1/2 hrs. or less
Car plug can’t charge phone fast enough (And I’m only browsing apps and websites ) could you imagine running maps rout.
Home plug takes to long to charge phone ( apple has a quicker charge)
Can’t print without Samsung printer ( I don’t really care )
I'm sure there are more but today it really got to me.
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Didn't know that was a feature of Pandora, can't see the benefit. You can bookmark songs.
Tap the screen to pause YouTube. Drag the slider to rewind
Don't use AP
EBay all has never crashed for me on 3 phones
What browser imported favorites for iOS? Android can chrome-to-phone
Battery - whole book could be written here. Battery life will get much better after a few power cycles, plenty of things you can do to manage it, search is your friend
Car charger from att store works fine for me (this may also improve once you charge cycle your phone a few times)
Power adapter, see above
You and I both don't care about printing from phones. Did iOS do that?
Sounds like your best solution is to head to the store and return your phone. Its too hard to convince iPhone users to use android unless they want to ... you sound like you are determined to hate Android.
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Sounds like your best solution is to head to the store and return your phone. Its too hard to convince iPhone users to use android unless they want to ... you sound like you are determined to hate Android.
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I actually agree with this statement. The beauty of smartphones is that, nowadays, there are apps to satisfy most needs. The beauty of Android is that if there isn't an app, you can modify things or even design your own app (if you have the knowledge). Android is less about, "I can't do this so I'm screwed," and more about, "I can't do this so I'll make a way."
You can pause youtube. Tap the screen and press the Home button not the back button , the back button exits the app or any app. When you ready to go back. Press the YouTube icon not the widget, the widget opens to the main screen.
BTW No crashes here on any of those apps. And I do agree with everyone on here return your phone go back to iPhone. one less annoying user to deal here with. Always blaming the phone when 95% of the time they at fault.
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as someone already said, go back to an iphone. Apparently android isn't for you.
I don't mean to be harsh telling you to switch back, but based on experience here at xda over the past year has taught me there are a few user types. BB user generally stay with Android and enjoy it. There are two types of iOS user here. If the post starts "I had an iPhone, and I am disappointed android doesn't do this or that" that person generally never truly enjoys Android, they begrudgingly use Android and count down to the next iPhone or they return their phone. If the post starts "I had an iPhone, I love this and that about Android, but I have a few questions about Android" they generally stay and find the different way in android to replicate iOS features.
I came from iPhone, but I was excited. I had questions like visual voicemail, audiobook support, where to find settings (that is a mess in android, you never know if it's in settings, or in the app) etc. But, I would never go back.
It may save you a lot of frustration, and pain to just go back to what you know and love about iOS.
Android vs iOS will always start a heated argument here. In another thread someone made a very apt analogy, coming here and bringing up android vs iOS is like going into a crackhouse and starting a debate between crack and cookies.
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+1
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So I'm also coming from an iPhone 4. But I've always kind of had a mentality that I wanted to try Android and never really had anything against it. Don't get me wrong, LOVED my iPhone (had a 3GS and then the 4) but after the 4S announcement, it was time for something new.
Anyway - A lot of your complaints don't really sound fair. Battery life... if you're REALLY getting that short of battery life, as others have said, you have a problem somewhere - and it likely is not the device. Even if the iPhone's battery life was that short there would be a serious problem.
Web browser sucks? This is Android - there are options. Personally I've been using Firefox Mobile since I can use it's Sync function and get all of my computer bookmarks automatically. Works fine for me.
I have had the eBay app crash on me a few times. But that was only when I was trying to run it the first time. Has not crashed since then.
AP Mobile widget is GARBAGE. I've been fighting with that stupid app using MBs of my data even though I've removed the widget, set the Refresh to None, and Force Stop'd it. Been through AT&T support, Samsung support, a complete wipe/reset and it still used many MBs of data when not in use - I'm talking 3-4 MB in about an hour - multiply that by a full month. Unfortunately the only option was to root it (yes, I said unfortunately - that shouldn't be necessary just to kill a pre-installed app and prevent it from using data). But I digress...
Can't print? But you don't care anyway? Why mention it?
So ya, anyway... I really do have to agree with the others. You had quite a few preconceptions about Android and are making it live up to them all by yourself.
The main problem here is that most people don't like changes and that's with everything not just phone. They so used to doing things a certain way that any other ways either suck or iPhone way is better. Perfect example the op argument "The iPhone does it this way and because of that android suck". Pathetic. But then again since we are on at&t the majority of the subscribes are iPhone owners so expect silly threads like this all year long.
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I used eBay on my phone to sell my Inspire without any issues.
Use Slacker instead of Pandora
Battery life is way better than my Inspire and was draining slower compared to my friends iphone4.
Here is my battery chart with 35% remaining. The large dip towards the right was 1:15 minutes of streaming Slacker via Bluetooth to my car. It was cached content, so not quite as bad as if it was downloading at the same time.
Also, display has been on for 2:12.
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The main problem here is that most people don't like changes and that's with everything not just phone. They so used to doing things a certain way that any other ways either suck or iPhone way is better. Perfect example the op argument "The iPhone does it this way and because of that android suck". Pathetic. But then again since we are on at&t the majority of the subscribes are iPhone owners so expect silly threads like this all year long.
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It's not like that, I'm use to having everything at my fingertips, The Android system does not sync with your computer like iOS does I'm use to having my browser and bookmarks with me. I know when I bookmark a site that site will sync and I'll have it on my phone when I'm outside,
I feel like a started a job 2 weeks ago and i'm quitting already because it's not working out LOL it isn't.
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It's not like that, I'm use to having everything at my fingertips, The Android system does not sync with your computer like iOS does I'm use to having my browser and bookmarks with me. I know when I bookmark a site that site will sync and I'll have it on my phone when I'm outside,
I feel like a started a job 2 weeks ago and i'm quitting already because it's not working out LOL it isn't.
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have you try kies air?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jmCJAhPVE
justabrake said:
It's not like that, I'm use to having everything at my fingertips, The Android system does not sync with your computer like iOS does I'm use to having my browser and bookmarks with me. I know when I bookmark a site that site will sync and I'll have it on my phone when I'm outside,
I feel like a started a job 2 weeks ago and i'm quitting already because it's not working out LOL it isn't.
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Chrome to phone, Firefox mobile, I can actually open a website on my phone sent from my PC. Also have you tried swype texting? I came from iPhone 2, iPhone 3, iPhone 3s to Android and it takes getting used to but I'll never go back simply because what Samsung or att screw up the Dev community can fix as were with apple you have to wait for them to fix.
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Car plug can’t charge phone fast enough (And I’m only browsing apps and websites ) could you imagine running maps rout.
Home plug takes to long to charge phone ( apple has a quicker charge)
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You probably bought a 3rd party non-Samsung car plug. The official Samsung car plug I have charges my GS2 just fine. I can use Google Maps/Navi and play pod casts at the same time and the phone still charges up.
Same for the home plug. The standard one is merely 700ma but you can purchase better one that is made for Samsung phones.
I have both mac and android. Love my s2 but we can all admit that one thing android lacks is the simplicity of sync like itunes and icloud. Kies is good but you'd be ignorant to think it has the capabilities of icloud (formally mobileme) and itunes.
And samsung phones do charge a little slower than iphones, buy an extra battery and youll never need to plug your phone in ever again
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I have both mac and android. Love my s2 but we can all admit that one thing android lacks is the simplicity of sync like itunes and icloud. Kies is good but you'd be ignorant to think it has the capabilities of icloud (formally mobileme) and itunes.
And samsung phones do charge a little slower than iphones, buy an extra battery and youll never need to plug your phone in ever again
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If you want to sync double twist does that. Upside you can download directly to the phone any music without having to plug in iTunes to play.
Thanks for the recommendation but i fine Doubletwist useless. It re-sorts all my music into folders on my phone which i hate and im anal about that.
I download music on my phone and on my computer, so when i say SYNC i mean if i download something new on my phone and something new on my pc and i plug my phone in, new files from phone xfer to pc and vice versa without manual effort.
But yes, i do love freedom of just plugging it in.
Gonna try cheetah sync tomorrow...
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It's not like that, I'm use to having everything at my fingertips, The Android system does not sync with your computer like iOS does I'm use to having my browser and bookmarks with me. I know when I bookmark a site that site will sync and I'll have it on my phone when I'm outside,
I feel like a started a job 2 weeks ago and i'm quitting already because it's not working out LOL it isn't.
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Android is all about cloud sync, not cable sync. Different design philosophy.
For example, I NEVER back up my contacts on my phone - because they're automatically backed up to my Google account.
As to the car charger - If you were using an Apple car charger for this, blame Apple. They're the ones who refuse to follow published USB charging standards. iDevice chargers get treated by phones that follow the standards as a PC USB port, limiting charge current to 400 mA in the case of the GS2.
Also, it really sounds like you've got some sort of rogue app eating your battery and cranking the CPU. Might be part of the AT&T bloatware suite. One of the few benefits of Apple's "our way or the highway" approach is that they don't just apply it to users, they apply it to carriers too. Apple is the only manufacturer who has able to go say "go **** yourself" to AT&T when AT&T wanted to install their own bloatware onto a device.
What a sweet app. You basically upload your music onto your google account on your desktop and download the app. All your music is there but none of it is actually on your phone. Saved me 6 gigs of space!
https://music.google.com
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What a sweet app. You basically upload your music onto your google account on your desktop and download the app. All your music is there but none of it is actually on your phone. Saved me 6 gigs of space!
https://music.google.com
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Awesome. Thanks for sharing
Will KILL your data usage unless you use over WiFi or have sprint or grandfathered in at Verizon.
sent from me cellular device, eh?
cdordon said:
Will KILL your data usage unless you use over WiFi or have sprint or grandfathered in at Verizon.
sent from me cellular device, eh?
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I'm gonna try it out and see how it goes. I could always use some more free space.
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Will KILL your data usage unless you use over WiFi or have sprint or grandfathered in at Verizon.
sent from me cellular device, eh?
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How does having Sprint or being grandfathered in on a Verizon data plan help anyone with the AT&T SGS2?
Amazon's cloud player is also very nice. Which one is better really comes down to personal preference. They do almost all of the same stuff.
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Adelaide. said:
How does having Sprint or being grandfathered in on a Verizon data plan help anyone with the AT&T SGS2?
Amazon's cloud player is also very nice. Which one is better really comes down to personal preference. They do almost all of the same stuff.
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was kind of wondering the same thing..
So far loving the google music player. its like Pandora but without the adds and all of my own music. I really wish I could get my unlimited data back on my AT&T line. That's be sweet.
i've been using gmusic since it was released on beta and its been great. It had some bugs on the captivate but on the GS2, its pretty flawless
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So far loving the google music player. its like Pandora but without the adds and all of my own music. I really wish I could get my unlimited data back on my AT&T line. That's be sweet.
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Do the iPhone 2g trick to get it back.
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Do the iPhone 2g trick to get it back.
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Thanks I'll give this a shot when I can and post with how it goes.
I loved using it I could have like 5 rom backups on my inspire at one time but my seervice isn't great around where I live so it got aggravating to not be able to listen because it took so long to buffer, awesome deal for those with great service though
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this may have already been stated, but i feel so strongly about it that i'm replying before i finish reading. cloud computing is going to fail because of companies taking away unlimited plans. the main time a person would need to use cloud computing would be while they are mobile, and with tiered data plans, why would you risk it? if you're just a person at home with a prehistoric hdd too small to fit your music, then i can see how it would be useful. i have enough space to store 1000s of mp3s and flacs, and would get more use out of a micro sdhc/sdxc than cloud computing. Apple, Amazon, and Google all need to get together and offer unlimited mobile data, or convince VZW, ATT, and anyone else to revert if they want this to work. even my cable ISP occasionally sends me a postcard about how my account has used above average data, and i should check my wifi security and use anti-virus/anti-malware. i keep reminding them about hd quality streaming, lossless audio (that i paid for), youtube, and the year we are in, then tossing it in the trash. cloud computing is a nice idea, but i wouldn't put money into it. it's going to get to where you have to pay every company for every mb you use if this continues.
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this may have already been stated, but i feel so strongly about it that i'm replying before i finish reading. cloud computing is going to fail because of companies taking away unlimited plans. the main time a person would need to use cloud computing would be while they are mobile, and with tiered data plans, why would you risk it? if you're just a person at home with a prehistoric hdd too small to fit your music, then i can see how it would be useful. i have enough space to store 1000s of mp3s and flacs, and would get more use out of a micro sdhc/sdxc than cloud computing. Apple, Amazon, and Google all need to get together and offer unlimited mobile data, or convince VZW, ATT, and anyone else to revert if they want this to work. even my cable ISP occasionally sends me a postcard about how my account has used above average data, and i should check my wifi security and use anti-virus/anti-malware. i keep reminding them about hd quality streaming, lossless audio (that i paid for), youtube, and the year we are in, then tossing it in the trash. cloud computing is a nice idea, but i wouldn't put money into it. it's going to get to where you have to pay every company for every mb you use if this continues.
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Its great for someone who is on wifi and dosent want to carry around 32 gigs of music around on their phone. Its also nice to have a digital copy backed up in the cloud in case your HDD ever decides to crash. To go even further, if you are a flashoholic and like to flash a lot of roms, then having all your music backed up to the cloud can be a nice way to quickly access your music.
It may not be for everyone in every situation, but most places have wifi and this will/has appealed to a lot of people.
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How does having Sprint or being grandfathered in on a Verizon data plan help anyone with the AT&T SGS2?
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My bad, didn't read the forum haha damn tapatalk. Thought it was in the general area.
sent from me cellular device, eh?
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Its great for someone who is on wifi and dosent want to carry around 32 gigs of music around on their phone. Its also nice to have a digital copy backed up in the cloud in case your HDD ever decides to crash. To go even further, if you are a flashoholic and like to flash a lot of roms, then having all your music backed up to the cloud can be a nice way to quickly access your music.
It may not be for everyone in every situation, but most places have wifi and this will/has appealed to a lot of people.
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i didn't really think of that because we don't have city-wide wi-fi where i live. at my university, you have to be on certain floors of certain buildings for open wi-fi. in West Virginia, we still use horse-drawn carriages.
Used it quite a bit yesterday, songs take 1-3 seconds to buffer and play when they aren't instantly loading and going... I'm a fan, not to mention my coverage is less than stellar.
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I really wish I could get my unlimited data back on my AT&T line.
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What happened to it
Got a new line from work and it has a 2gb data cap.
It works well unless you have over 20,000 songs. Only half my iTunes library will upload
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Get two accounts then.
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I have been data droping for a long time and have been able to fix it. I think it could be doe to the lower right side of the phone "giving in" to much with not really trying. I don't know if I should try and wait this out MORE for an update, try for a Droid fighter on 4/12/12, try and swap it for a "new" phone now or Go for a SGS3 when it comes out and say by-be big BAD red.
I would really like a fix to this, becuase every one thinks it has to be a AT&T phone when they see it mess up and that happens a lot.
Edit: 8 videos in all
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDxJoGv3FLA
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyt2R69Ya4&feature=channel
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ozWxWYPgI8&feature=channel
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luzvVb79-Qg&feature=channel
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXPlolDGtfs&feature=channel
6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgDnByyo0tw&feature=channel
7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuvYptf5k2M&feature=channel
8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J50sJnwLVHM&feature=channel
Edit2: They said I live in a good 4G area and this should not be happening, So they are sending me a refurb. I will report back after I get it.
Edit:3 I got the "new" one it's feals better build than my old one and it has only droped data one time and that was for only about 30sec. If it does any were near as bad as my 1st one, I will be making some calls. It seems to run 10-20F cooler, so thats good.
Edit4:I can't seem to get 1080p youtube videos to play right. I don't know how to put it, but it looks like a slide show. I updated the flash player my self and no change. I don't want to take this phone back due to it failing this one test. I just like what I am paying for thats all. I see it has a dead pix just like the old one, but I don't care about that. any help on this would be nice. thanks
Edit5: 1080P video fixed buy it's self, but the phone has droped data 2 times and fell back to 3g in the past two days. Still way better than what old phone did. Will be keaping an eye on this and here's the video of it were it had fallen back to 3G: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqetYdaiIYg&feature=channel
I know verizons 4G network is unstable and for them to call it the Most Reliable 4G network is full of it, but right now I am just glad It's more than usable. I will be testing both it and my S2 side by side for the next few days to make sure this phone work's good or at lest better than the first one.
Edit6: ok now I know this is full of it. I have lost data two times to day and had to reboot the phone just for it to fail me again. I will be uploading videos soon.
Edit7: I have no idea how to deal with this. I think I am being throttled
P.S were is my ICS update?
Try downloading Fresh Network.
I just droped data looking for that app and then It does not seem to help so I removed it. Thanks for trying
What area are you in. Sorry if i dont see on the left side. Using tapatalk. But ive run across that but man not as bad you though.
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From what I was tolled I live in the best 4G network area and there have not been any "outages". I think it's a software/hardware clash bug of some type that has to do with the battery level.
You have run across it before, can you tell me more and if phone swap will fix or if not then what will.
Thanks
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From what I was tolled I live in the best 4G network area and there have not been any "outages". I think it's a software/hardware clash bug of some type that has to do with the battery level.
You have run across it before, can you tell me more and if phone swap will fix or if not then what will.
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I see that your tethering or mobile hotspot was active the whole time. Have you tried turning that off or uninstalling then reboot and see if it still happens? Have you also tried with a fresh install (as in not letting any apps download at all)? Just wondering if it could be an app causing the data issue.
I turned it off at some point in the video to see if that would help. I have rebooted the phone just about every day. I can't uninstall the stock tethering. I could reset the phone and not let ANY apps install, but I don't think any of the 3rd party apps are making it do this kind of thing.
I may try a reset some time, but I don't think it will fix it.
Thanks for the comment.
Edit: 3ooth post oh yea and I droped data yet again
Edit2: I turned it off at about 3:45 in the video.
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Ok and what does that meen?
This should fix it:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/744-having-lte-issues-try-this-app/
If you have market-based battery saving widgets, try to disable all settings related to signal/data and see if you lose it again (after running the above app)
Thanks, but I have tryed that app 2 times and still the new videos happened. I wished so bad that it would fix it, but it did not. I don't have any battery saver apps installed, but I tryed it any way. It would take me a day or maybe two to find out for sure if any thing posted here fix's it or not.
P.S I wish I had a maxx for the battery life.
Edit: Would calling 611 help or do they all not know what a USB cable is and that you can tether from it?
The 4g is working now, but I can never tell what will set it off. ( before the updates USB tethering would make it drop data all the time, but now it's just as likely as loading a m-site on the phone.)
Update: I talked to advaned tech and ...... He said to clear all data from all internet apps. I was trying to tell him, that this crap is very unlikely do to me not Clearing cahe. I showed the guy at a Verizon store this and he said that there "thotting" me.( He did not want to use that word, but thats what he ment.)
If this crap keeps up, I think I WILL be going back to AT&T 100%. I am sick of this crap. The guy I talked to in the AT&T store seemed to know a lot more than: 2 verizon store guys, tech and even Advaned tech.
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Update: I talked to advaned tech and ...... He said to clear all data from all internet apps. I was trying to tell him, that this crap is very unlikely do to me not Clearing cahe. I showed the guy at a Verizon store this and he said that there "thotting" me.( He did not want to use that word, but thats what he ment.)
If this crap keeps up, I think I WILL be going back to AT&T 100%. I am sick of this crap. The guy I talked to in the AT&T store seemed to know a lot more than: 2 verizon store guys, tech and even Advaned tech.
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Or you could just stop being a data hog.
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I have used 17GB so far on my AT&T phone and guess what. It never has done any of this. If you had home internet at 1.5mbs WHEN YOU ARE PAYING TW FOR 10. I bet you would use more data too. AT&T tell's you what the F they are doing to your phone or they fix it. Verizon does not tell crap. I will now be uploading more videos. I will not stop intill it's fixed or I drop them. They will not get away with this BS.
I have never herd of any one who talks on the phone all day to be a phone hog, when they are the ones PAYING FOR IT FOR THEMSELFS.
Any way, whats a "hog" 20GB THEY sell a 20GB plan. 10GB,5GB,4GB,2GB or is 1GB a HOG becuase 95% don't even use a 1GB.
I just what the phone fixed or tell me more about there data thotting, so that I know. AT&T users now have SOME idea about when this MAY happen. I don't, know the when/if/WHY they "thottle".
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I have used 17GB so far on my AT&T phone and guess what. It never has done any of this. If you had home internet at 1.5mbs WHEN YOU ARE PAYING TW FOR 10. I bet you would use more data too. AT&T tell's you what the F they are doing to your phone or they fix it. Verizon does not tell crap. I will now be uploading more videos. I will not stop intill it's fixed or I drop them. They will not get away with this BS.
I have never herd of any one who talks on the phone all day to be a phone hog, when they are the ones PAYING FOR IT FOR THEMSELFS.
Any way, whats a "hog" 20GB THEY sell a 20GB plan. 10GB,5GB,4GB,2GB or is 1GB a HOG becuase 95% don't even use a 1GB.
I just what the phone fixed or tell me more about there data thotting, so that I know. AT&T users now have SOME idea about when this MAY happen. I don't, know the when/if/WHY they "thottle".
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Everyone throttles data regardless if they tell you or not. Data throttling is your carrier controlling the speed at which data transfers between your phone, servers. Most carriers throttle only the top 5% of their customers. Some probably throttle more.
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Not only do they "throttle", but they cut you off. The last ISP that did that to me was AOL. And guess what be-by they went. I am ok with the "throtting" for the most part, but losing data this much is sub par to say the lest.
P.S So you think losing data connetion about every Day is ok. If thats VZW standerd's then:
1) They should be SUED BIG time for all the crap thay put on tv.
2) I am so moving back to AT&T %1000.
3) Upload ALL MY videos after going back to AT&T.
Can't sue them, it's in your contract.
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I can sue for "miss leading tv ads". (I really just going to vote with my $, but just pointing that out.)
I will be reporting them for Bait-and-switch Fraud if this does not get fixed.
I guessing you work for verizon as a sales rep right? I bet if you tryed a AT&T phone or a sprint one for that matter you would see the truth.
As soon as I buy a new cam, I will do vs videos and that will do it in for them.
I am one of the best when it comes to waiting, but this crap has been going and going with no signs of geting better.
Any way if you care to look at any of my uploaded videos before you spill crap every were you may be on my side.
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I can sue for "miss leading tv ads". (I really just going to vote with my $, but just pointing that out.)
I will be reporting them for Bait-and-switch Fraud if this does not get fixed.
I guessing you work for verizon as a sales rep right? I bet if you tryed a AT&T phone or a sprint one for that matter you would see the truth.
As soon as I buy a new cam, I will do vs videos and that will do it in for them.
I am one of the best when it comes to waiting, but this crap has been going and going with no signs of geting better.
Any way if you care to look at any of my uploaded videos before you spill crap every were you may be on my side.
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Well I'm just letting you know that you will do nothing but waste your time and money. You won't win.
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Think it is time to separate from the waiting room now that people actually have the device. So, what do you think?
Overall, I am very impressed and loving the functionality. It might not look as good as the Moto 360, but I am glad I got one. As someone that checks their phone often, a device that will allow me to not do so is great. I can pay more attention to the world! I like the commands that are available and this integration with apps.
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I agree, it may not be as sexy a beast as the moto360, but I really like it, does exactly what it's supposed to perfectly, and with watch band options galore that makes it better IMO, which I happen to be waiting on my metal band which I'll have next week (black stainless steel band). Fit wise I think it's damn good, a lot of people said it was big, but heck I'm 5'4" and it to me looks like a decent size, I wouldn't say it was huge or big, those people who previously reviewed it must have been anorexics or something, or really small girly arms of a pigmy, I just don't see it. The only thing I can currently complain about is it to me the touch input seems a bit sluggish like using a Froyo device, loll.
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I'm very impressed after 24 hours. Love the fit and the size. Coming from the Gear 1 and gear Fit, I'm thrilled with the functionality and fit and finish of the G Watch.
I actually like the watch band, as its very comfortable to me.
Thumbs up for me.
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So far so good... except I grabbed the watch but not my work badge today (first in 3 years)... priorities right? lol
Only issue I had was weird way to get ADB to work, but it is more secure because of it.
Otherwise the only thing I expected was some notifications aren't showing yet because no support from the apps. I guess I thought everything would show such as Timely even though there isn't any actionable functions for it.
I haven't been able to get many apps to work yet. Allthecooks does nothing. Navigation doesn't work. I'm not sure what the problem is.
I have been extremely happy with it. I had the original Sony Smartwatch and have the Sony Smartwatch 2 and the LG G Watch is much nicer. I haven't had any trouble with the navigation working, IT has worked just like it is supposed to for me.
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I haven't been able to get many apps to work yet. Allthecooks does nothing. Navigation doesn't work. I'm not sure what the problem is.
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There's a problem with paid apps not loading correctly:
http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/android-wear-bug/
I did get runtastic pro to work though which works really well. I hope customization gets better though. I would like to prioritize which card is on the watch face, like keeping weather above all, and having music controls be a little more intuitive, for example letting me prioritize which command should be on the face, ie., skip instead of pause.
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There's a problem with paid apps not loading correctly:
http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/android-wear-bug/
I did get runtastic pro to work though which works really well. I hope customization gets better though. I would like to prioritize which card is on the watch face, like keeping weather above all, and having music controls be a little more intuitive, for example letting me prioritize which command should be on the face, ie., skip instead of pause.
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I'm a weather whore, so I'd like to see that as my number one, problem with that though is I accidentally keep swiping it away, loll.
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I haven't been able to get many apps to work yet. Allthecooks does nothing. Navigation doesn't work. I'm not sure what the problem is.
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Both these apps work perfectly for me. You may have something going on. I would post in Q&A if you haven't already.
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Kangxi, how well did you find the navigation to be, I asked "directions to work" and it's starts on the watch with the address, but quickly closed out, i picked my phone up and it's on there and it directs me from my phone, but I was under the impression that I'd be able to use the watch.
Edit: never mind I think it may be working now.
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I haven't been able to get many apps to work yet. Allthecooks does nothing. Navigation doesn't work. I'm not sure what the problem is.
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I had to uninstall allthecooks, then reinstall it for it to work
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I'm noticing maybe I was right that most notifications should at least show a card as long as the cause an alert sound/vibrate. I just had Ingress pop up on my watch. Same info as notification, only option is to open on phone, no map or image of portal but maybe in future.
Might also needed a couple hours of cook in time for the app to really work as it should took off charge at 8am 43% on watch... S4 well already hit 20% and had been recharging now.... damn phone.
Edit: Just thought of something... I wonder when Google Fit will show me cards to drink more water based on Accelerometer positioning and how long it detects sound of me going pee. HAHA
so far for me battery is stellar, took off charger at 7:30am, and here at 5:15pm i'm at 71%
I think it's a very well rounded device, coming from a pebble it definitely can do far more with less effort, and having built in wear companions to some of my favorite apps out of the box makes it a no brainer, and really simple. Whereas pebble was restricted to calls, texts, hangouts, facebook updates/messages, i've gotten notifications for basically anything, without having to set it up individually through some other extended app on wear.
It's also pretty neat to have a device that's essentially android at its core, so far no apps i've tried provide any useful functionality, but just the sheer fact that i've gotten facebook to the login screen in itself is quite incredible. gives me hope for the future.
I'm probably in the minority here, but i love the moto 360's design overall, yet that black bar kills it for me. That's why i didn't hesitate to get this, because i have no interest in it unless they fix it somehow.
Overall, i'm very happy with my purchase and i'm really excited to see where this goes in the coming months/years. I think google has a winner on their wrists. There are some things like voice recognition that i wish were slightly more accurate, but it's minor things like that which can easily be ironed out with a software update.
Overall +1 to LG and El Goog. Cheers.
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There's a problem with paid apps not loading correctly:
http://mashable.com/2014/07/07/android-wear-bug/
I did get runtastic pro to work though which works really well. I hope customization gets better though. I would like to prioritize which card is on the watch face, like keeping weather above all, and having music controls be a little more intuitive, for example letting me prioritize which command should be on the face, ie., skip instead of pause.
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My I ask how you got Runtastic Pro to work? I can not get it to do anything.
I also can no get Runtastic Pro to work. Only the regular version.
Can we keep the Runtastic card on the screen instead of it going back to the watch?
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What about display - indoor/outdoor. Is really bad outdoor?
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What about display - indoor/outdoor. Is really bad outdoor?
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I can read it no problem in bright sunshine with a dimmed display, don't really know why everyone says it's so bad.
My friend tested G Watch and compared them with own SW2. Here is the photo at sunlight and I'm litte bit confused. He says that brightness was on 100%.
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I can read it no problem in bright sunshine with a dimmed display, don't really know why everyone says it's so bad.
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personally i have no issue reading it on level 1, so yeah no issue's for me either.